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Site Report: Healy Roadhouse

Site Name: Healy Roadhouse
Address: 8 Miles North of Denali; Milepost 245.1, Healy, AK 99743
File Number: 150.26.006
Hazard ID: 24246
Status: Cleanup Complete - Institutional Controls
Staff: IC Unit, 9074655229 dec.icunit@alaska.gov
Latitude: 63.821345
Longitude: -148.987773
Horizontal Datum:WGS84

We make every effort to ensure the data presented here is accurate based on the best available information currently on file with DEC. It is therefore subject to change as new information becomes available. We recommend contacting the assigned project staff prior to making decisions based on this information.

Problems/Comments

DEC recommended leaving contaminated soils in place for the winter to avoid contamination spread. New phone# for Wendell Neff (907) 458-0940. (rpltr6)

Action Information

Action Date Action Description DEC Staff
9/22/1990 Update or Other Action REM; RP reported contamination found after the removal of four 4000 gallon tanks with associated piping and gas station pumps. No sampling data submitted. Contaminated soils were placed back in the excavation holes due to wind conditions which discourage plastic covers. Former Staff
1/8/1991 Site Added to Database Former Staff
1/8/1991 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Release Confirmed - Petroleum LUST Site created in CSP for source area ID 76861 ADD; UST Closures - hydrocarbon soil contamination. Former Staff
1/8/1991 Update or Other Action NOR; Gibler: Combination Warning/NORL requiring date for site assessment completion within 30 days. Financial assistance application enclosed. Last correspondence of Mr. Neff with ADEC appears to be a post-closure notice rec'd 8-20-91. Contaminated soil from around fill pipe was returned to excavation. Former Staff
2/5/1991 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Cleanup Initiated - Petroleum LCAU; Hung: (3) 4,000 gals. gasoline and (1) 4,000 gals. diesel USTs and piping system removed 9/90. Only soils impacted. Contaminated soils replaced in excavation. : LCAU date changed DB conversion Former Staff
2/1/1993 Update or Other Action Site assessment submitted by Oil Spill Technology. Janice Wiegers
9/25/1993 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment SA1; Hung: ADEC rec'd SA report and it is currently under review. Former Staff
11/15/1993 Update or Other Action CORR; HUNG: wrote letter in response to RP's 9/19/93 letter. Senator Sharp included in cc list by RP. RP employed Oil Spill Tech.,Inc.. 9/25/93 site assessment performed Former Staff
3/17/1994 Update or Other Action CORR; Peterson: After talking to Mrs. Neff and getting the correct address, Wendell Neff was mailed our database RP notification letter which is routinely sent to approx. 50 RPs each month. Former Staff
4/13/1994 Update or Other Action RPL2; HUNG: RPCON responded for RP complaint over routine CS database letter issued 3/15/94. RP unavailable by phone, works out of town. Former Staff
6/6/1994 Update or Other Action CORR; Wingerter sent letter informing RP of their financial liability under new ADEC cost recovery policy. State is authorized, under Section 9003(h) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to take action on this LUST facility. Former Staff
12/7/1994 Update or Other Action TECH; FAP requested info. on status. Brief review of SA indicates approx. 100-200 cubic yards contaminated soil is stockpiled and needs to be addressed by RP. RP needs to develop a remediation & sampling plan. RP will need to submit plan for approval prior to implementation. Appears grd. water not impacted. In 1990 prior to UST regs., DEC had Oil Pollution regs 18 AAC 75 where all releases were required to be repted. Earliest RP rept. on file of release dated 1/11/91 when DEC rec'd 1/8/91 ltr. RP states in ltr. that release noted 9/22-23/90. Phone conversation took place w/DEC 10/8/90, can assume release discussed on that date. No documentation of what was said. Former Staff
1/24/1995 Underground Storage Tank Site Characterization or Assessment SA1R; 9/90 owner removed his (4) 4,000-gal regular, unleaded, and diesel USTs. Noted soil contamination. around fill pipes. Replaced approx. 100-200 cu. yds. contam. soil in pit. 9/25/93 RPCON conducted S.A. omitted BTEX analysis. Did GRO & DRO. Highest levels GRO=1,517.6 ppm DRO=611 ppm. Need to submit CAP for DEC approval on contam. soil and resample soils for BTEX. Former Staff
2/16/1995 Update or Other Action UPD; Communications problem with RP resolved and RP gets 60% reimbursement for 1990 USTs removals. Will submit CAP for soils. Former Staff
3/2/1995 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway CAPR; CAP received 3/2/95 dated by RP 1/22/95. Choice of technology to remediate 100-200 cubic yards contaminated soil is thermal to begin 9/6/95. Requests to defer 9/6/95 if state funding not available. Request denied. Former Staff
8/30/1995 Update or Other Action TECH; Wrote rebuttal to 2/14/95 RPCON's response to DEC's 1/30/95 warning letter of QAPP violation and provided tech. assist. on level of field q.c. to use, requesting appropriate testing of analytes for USTs being removed and proper method for collecting samples involving BTEX. Former Staff
1/26/1996 Update or Other Action CORR; DEC responds to RP's 9/9/95 ltr. rec'd 9/13/95 re-request for deferral of CAP until FAP can accommodate funding of Plan. DEC explains that cleanup funds exhausted & RP will have to find another source of funding. DEC willing to meet w/RPCON & RP to mutually agree on a schedule/method to remediate soils @ site. Former Staff
11/20/1997 Update or Other Action ADEC sends Notification of Intent to Cost Recover Letter to Current Owner: HEALY ROADHOUSE INC. Former Staff
2/6/2001 Update or Other Action Met with RPCON (John Janssen) to discuss proposal for FAP work plan. Agreed to conduct additional SA to delineate the extent of impact, and then determine if corrective action is necessary. It may be appropriate to leave in place without removal. Future work will likely be funded on a future grant. John Carnahan
11/19/2001 Release Investigation Release Investigation submitted by Oasis. Maximum allowable levels exceeded for GRO in soil at 10 and 25 feet depths. Permafrost found at 20 to 30 feet depth throughout site. Water sample from on-site drinking water well; two PAHs were detected below cleanup levels and were attributed to plastic piping in the water system. Janice Wiegers
2/22/2002 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway Approved SVE alternative in 2002 FAP grant application. SVE system will treat soil contamination to 15 foot depth with ingestion and inhalation target cleanup levels. Janice Wiegers
3/13/2003 Update or Other Action Oasis submitted EPA Screen 3 Modeling Results for air emissions from remediation system. Model was reviewed by Alan Schuler with ADEC Air Quality. Janice Wiegers
2/17/2004 Update or Other Action Record of Decision (ROD) signed and submitted. ROD documents cleanup levels identified for the site. Migration to groundwater pathway is considered incomplete at this site. Janice Wiegers
5/13/2004 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Corrective Action Underway ADEC received a work plan to remove additional surface petroleum-contaminated soil near SB-11. Levels were found at 5 to 7' bgs at 16,600 ppm GRO, 46.1 ppm benzene, 287 ppm toluene, and 288.6 ppm xylenes. Deborah Williams
6/9/2004 Update or Other Action Final excavation and closure sampling report submitted. Three confirmation soil borings were installed in April. Based on soil sampling results, 138 tons of contaminated soil were excavated from the west side of the Denali RV Park office building. Limited contamination remained at the south side of the excavation where utility lines prevented further soil removal. Contamination also remains below 15 feet. The SVE system was decommissioned in May during the excavation work. Janice Wiegers
7/21/2004 Institutional Control Record Established Deed notice recorded in the Nenana Recording District. Limited soil contamination containing concentrations above ingestion/inhalation cleanup levels may remain between 8 and 23 feet. ADEC notification is required if contamination is exposed or becomes accessible. Janice Wiegers
5/13/2005 Conditional Closure Approved NFRAP letter sent to Wendel Neff. Limited residual contamination above the Alternative Cleanup Levels remain above 15 feet. Untreated contamination is also present above the permafrost which is located at approximately 25 feet, but this contamination is not expected to migrate to groundwater. Janice Wiegers
5/13/2005 Update or Other Action Environmental Health contacted about 2001 drinking water results. Contaminated Sites recommended periodic monitoring of the public drinking water well for petroleum contaminants. Janice Wiegers
7/13/2005 Update or Other Action Coordinated with the ADEC Drinking Water Program concerning Class B Public Well and Denali RV Park. Drinking water required sampling for VOCs. No VOCs were detected in drinking water. Sent letter to Ken Engles at Denali RV Park stating that these analyses would not longer be required but periodic testing for petroleum compounds are still recommended. Janice Wiegers
12/20/2011 Update or Other Action Site management staff changed to IC Unit. Evonne Reese
12/20/2011 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC review conducted. Evonne Reese
11/1/2012 Institutional Control Update Groundwater use restriction IC requirement removed due to 2005 testing that found VOCs were non-detect in the drinking water well onsite. Evonne Reese
6/12/2015 Institutional Control Compliance Review Schedule to send an IC reminder letter to the Denali RV Park & Motel. Evonne Reese
6/22/2015 Institutional Control Update An IC reminder letter was issued to the responsible party on this date. Kristin Thompson
4/4/2017 Institutional Control Update An IC detail was placed on this site record that had been omitted in error. A note was added in the IC requirements that even though there is no need to continue sampling groundwater, DEC should be coordinated with before installing new wells due to the potential of drilling through contamination which could be carried to the groundwater. Evonne Reese
4/12/2017 Institutional Control Compliance Review IC compliance review conducted. Closure/ID Details updated. An ICs verification letter was issued. Reminder system set for follow-ups to occur every three years. Kristin Thompson
5/1/2017 Institutional Control Periodic Reporting Received a call from the landowner providing their email address for future electronic correspondence. Kristin Thompson
4/30/2020 Institutional Control Compliance Review An IC compliance review was conducted on this date and a reminder letter of the current site conditions was issued to the responsible party on record. The next compliance review will occur in 2023. Cascade Galasso-Irish
5/4/2020 Update or Other Action Location coordinates corrected and contact information updated on this date, new owners of the former Healy Roadhouse/current Denali RV Park and Motel, LLC are Brian and Donna Cook. Cascade Galasso-Irish
7/24/2023 Update or Other Action Updated Lat/Long Jennifer McGrath

Contaminant Information

Name Level Description Media Comments
Benzene Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
Toluene Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
Ethylbenzene Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
Xylenes (total) Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
GRO Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
1,2-Dibromoethane Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
1,2-Dichloroethane Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation Soil
1,2-Dibromoethane Between Method 2 Migration to Groundwater and Human Health/Ingestion/Inhalation SoilSoilSoilSoilSoilSoilSoilSoil

Control Type

Type Details
Notice of Environmental Contamination Recorded in Nenana on 6/30/2004. Number 2004-000521-0.

Requirements

Description Details
Excavation / Soil Movement Restrictions ADEC approval must be obtained prior to removal and/or disposal of soil from this site. in addition, the ADEC shall e notified prior to any excavation int he impacted area as screening for impacted material and the use of properly trained excavation personnel may be required.
Groundwater Use Restrictions There is no need to continue sampling groundwater but DEC should be coordinated with before installing new wells due to the potential of drilling through contamination which could be carried to the groundwater.
Advance approval required to transport soil or groundwater off-site. Standard condition.
Movement or use of contaminated material (including on site) in a manner that results in a violation of the water quality standards is prohibited (18 AAC 70) Standard condition.
New Construction Restrictions The ADEC shall be notified prior to construction or reconstruction of structures that will be used for human occupation if the building are located above, or near, identified areas of contamination. Further evaluation of the potential for vapor intrusion may be necessary.
When Contaminated Soil is Accessible, Remediation Should Occur In the event that the remaining contaminated soil becomes accessible, the land owner and/or operator are required to notify the ADEC and evaluate the environmental status of the contamination in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; further site characterizations and cleanup may be necessary.
Periodic Review Every three years.

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